Monument record TQ 77 SE 238 - Site of Second World War searchlight battery

Summary

A Second World War military installation, probably a searchlight battery, located about 600m to the north east of Kingshill Camp (Monument 1545609), has been mapped from aerial photographs as part of the English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project. The site coincides with a searchlight battery noted on a German map of 20 November 1940, and was probably associated with the camp, which was manned by the 347th Searchlight Battery RA. The installation comprises an enclosure with three huts, a possible air raid shelter and indistinct traces of vehicle tracks and other activity. The installation had been removed by October 1946.

Location

Grid reference Centred TQ 7811 7362 (100m by 104m)
Map sheet TQ77SE
County KENT
Civil Parish HOO ST WERBURGH, MEDWAY, KENT
Unitary Authority MEDWAY

Map

Type and Period (5)

Full Description

<1> English Heritage, 2013, Hoo Peninsula, Kent. Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project (Bibliographic reference). SKE31432.

<2> Historic England, 2012, National Mapping Programme survey: Hoo Peninsula (Digital archive). SKE32442.

<3> USAAF?, 1944, NMR US/7GR/LOC348 2064-5 27-MAY-1944 (Photograph). SKE56027.

<4> RAF, 1946, NMR RAF/CPE/UK/1789 3029 11-OCT-1946 (Photograph). SKE56054.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2013. Hoo Peninsula, Kent. Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project.
  • <2> Digital archive: Historic England. 2012. National Mapping Programme survey: Hoo Peninsula.
  • <3> Photograph: USAAF?. 1944. NMR US/7GR/LOC348 2064-5 27-MAY-1944. NMR US/7GR/LOC348 2064-5 27-MAY-1944.
  • <4> Photograph: RAF. 1946. NMR RAF/CPE/UK/1789 3029 11-OCT-1946. NMR RAF/CPE/UK/1789 3029 11-OCT-1946.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: English Heritage: Hoo Peninsula Landscape Project NMP (EKE20812)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Hoo Peninsula, Kent. Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project (Ref: Research Report Series no 21-2013) (EKE15020)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Hoo Peninsula, Kent. Hoo Peninsula Historic Landscape Project (Ref: Research Report Series No. 21-2013) (EKE15021)

Record last edited

May 12 2024 12:45PM